“Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.” -Robert Henri   Can you combine rule-breaking wildness with a disciplined and authentic expression of the search for meaning?  A chorus of frustrated painters’ [...]

Late in his career, American painter Winslow Homer moved to a remote spot next to the ocean, where he painted the turbulent weather and remorseless waves near his home and studio in Prouts Neck, Maine. [...]

How much time and energy do you waste getting caught up in comparing yourself to other artists?  It’s pretty much unavoidable and it’s usually not healthy. However, there are ways to pull yourself out of [...]

Much to everyone’s surprise and unending delight, the art world learned of John Constable's celebrated cloud studies after he died, when his daughter bequeathed them to the UK's Victoria Albert Museum. There are around fifty [...]

The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is best known for his vivid depictions of love, anxiety, sorrow, and death. Raised in a religious household, and impacted by the early loss of his mother and sister, [...]

By Karen Margulis Early in my art journey I avoided painting wildflowers. I was afraid they would make my landscapes too sweet or too pretty. But the muse kept calling me until finally I embraced [...]

“In summer,” says poet William Carlos Williams, “the song sings itself.”  If these paintings are any guide, to invite summer into your paintings, you have to let it be itself by putting the emphasis on [...]

“Art is Imagination and those who love Art love it because in looking at a picture it awakens their imagination and sets them thinking.” - Lawrence Alma-Tadema Detail from The Womon of Amphissa, Lawrence [...]

Previously, we enjoyed running down the most consistently inspiring, informative, and entertaining art and art history sites we could find on the Web. Including contributions from our readers, you can read those articles here and [...]